MORE POSTS FROM FEBRUARY 2011
An impressive list. The Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards (a.k.a. the Cybils) were just announced and demand a look-see. Having served on the Fiction Picture Book panel, I’m thrilled to see David Ezra Stein’s Interrupting Chicken take top honors in that category. Click here to see all the winners.
The cover redo-a-thon continues. Starting at the beginning and working my way up to today, I’m giving every Newbery-winning book a cover makeover. On to our current candidate… 1931: The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth Original Cover: My Redo: Side by Side: Verdict: I don’t mind this one too much. Cat could […]
Zita the Spacegirl By Ben Hatke First Second (Macmillan) ISBN: 9781596434462 $17.99 Grades 2-5 In Stores Good ol’ other dimensions – where would we be without you? The children’s literature landscape wouldn’t be quite as interesting, that’s for sure. What are Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz if not inter-dimensional fantasies? […]
BRIAN JACQUES 1939-2011 Sad news. Brian Jacques, author of the iconic Redwall series – pivotal reading for scores of youngsters – passed away on Monday. Click here to read School Library Journal’s article. MICHIGAN CHILDREN’S LIT – UNITE! A Fuse #8 Production has put out an all call for children’s lit related folks with ties […]
Hang-wringing complete. It’s time for the quarterly look at upcoming releases I’m calling 10 to Note. What follows are the 10 titles set to hit shelves in March, April, and May that had me most saying “Yeah, boiiiii!” (or something along those lines). Not a guarantee of quality, but a subjective list of books that […]
In the grand tradition of “oh, why not” I am attempting to recover every Newbery-winning book from 1922 to the present. Today, we begin the 1930s… 1930: Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field Original Cover: My Redo: Side by Side: Verdict: I’m not sure about the kid appeal level of my redo. Too […]
In the past few weeks I’ve started following some new blogs, some of which might be of interest to you… e is for book Have I mentioned that 2011 is the year ebooks explode? It’s time to start figuring these things out (so says the reluctant librarian). The group blog e is for book should […]
The appropriately-titled Booklist went and created a book list. A rather sound book list. A top 10 list of black history books for youth, all published in 2010. Click the image below to check it out, and add to your collection accordingly.
Where’s Walrus? By Stephen Savage Scholastic Press ISBN: 9780439700498 $16.99 Grades PreK-1 In Stores *Best New Books* Simple gets a bum rap. Simple is difficult. Simple is complicated. Take picture books. When a story is boiled down to 32 pages and even fewer illustrations, there is no room for error. And if the text is […]
FUTURE OF PRINT BOOKS SAVED! PAY BY THE INCH While I’d prefer to have book costs determined by weight (or, at the very least, water-displacement volume), I suppose paying by height will do. Click the image below to read. (Thanks to BuzzFeed for the link) MAYBE NOT! KINDLE BOOKS OUTSELL HARDCOVERS AND PAPERBACKS The new […]
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